Hi!

Since my machine is in service, I guess I had to go ahead and sew by hand my challenge to sew what I have pinned on my Pinterest Board Pin It Sew It..

I have been meaning to make this cute house ornament / pin cushion like forever.. There is a tutorial for this over at Retro-Mama. So go ahead make one,or two.. or more.. they are kind of addictive.. I bet I would have made more if I have a sewing machine..I’m a bit rusty already with my hand sewing..so I stopped at one. But they turn out cute.. I love it!

It was also just the perfect project..as I will be back home in Malaysia for a holiday. (I still call my Mum’s home as the real “home”)

I will try EPP over the weekend, but now I am reorganizing my stash and my sewing corner..Will be sharing soon..

Linking up to Pin It Sew It over at PileOfabric.

Also linking to Sew Darn Crafty and Positively Splendid Saturday 7.

Hi!

Well, one of the reason I don’t wanna start any big project this week is because I have this to get done!

I wanna finish quilting this.. It is almost done except that it has quite a large border which got me thinking how am I to quilt it?with pebbles too? You can see below in my machine – the white plain border..

I better start thinking and get moving on this.. I do hope to get it done soon..I don’t wanna quilt other quilt top yet until I finish this. And I wish I could finish it by 11th October.

Well, after quite a lot of finish last September, I’d slow down this October as we will be travelling back to Malaysia for a 3 week holiday!! Yeay.. I miss home so much.

Today I am linking up to W.I.P Wednesday at Freshly Pieced. Today is hosted by Debbie from A Quilter’s Table.

By the way, chance to enter my little giveaway is still on here!

 

Hi!

Finally I am done with my Jack Attack quilt top! If you want to make one, come and join.. Great tutorial here at Lily’s Quilt.

Guess what?.. it’s my biggest quilt so far (well not exactly done yet -but quilt top is done..LOL). This is my third quilt top finished ever since I learned how to quilt…

so I am feeling pretty good.. ehem.. please pardon me 😛

My Jack Attack quilt top measures 68 x 95″

Not such a good photo – it is too big for our little apartment floor.. I’ll definitely will be taking it outdoor once it is quilted and bound.

Another thing to share… Lately I have been wasting a lot of thread as I have not used the chain piecing method for this Jack.. it requires more thinking and placing before you can just sew it up..

…and it just so happen I found this trick here user “spider” to save threads!.. So I put my little spidy to use. But instead of using scraps, I use my Scrap Vomit 2.5″ squares. Which means I am piecing two quilt top at the same time..It totally saves a ton of thread and no more mess with threads lying around the carpet floor too! Such a great method..

Well yesterday I said I want to share my modern baby quilt today, well its done, but I wanna take better photo. So I’ll do that first and do another post okay..

Till then, Have a great week ahead! It’s Labour Day on Monday here in Australia – so it’s a long weekend.. but it felt short – yikes today is already the last day of September!

Hi!

Finally I am done with my Jack Attack quilt top! If you want to make one, come and join.. Great tutorial here at Lily’s Quilt.

Guess what?.. it’s my biggest quilt so far (well not exactly done yet -but quilt top is done..LOL). This is my third quilt top finished ever since I learned how to quilt…

so I am feeling pretty good.. ehem.. please pardon me 😛

My Jack Attack quilt top measures 68 x 95″

Not such a good photo – it is too big for our little apartment floor.. I’ll definitely will be taking it outdoor once it is quilted and bound.

Another thing to share… Lately I have been wasting a lot of thread as I have not used the chain piecing method for this Jack.. it requires more thinking and placing before you can just sew it up..

…and it just so happen I found this trick here user “spider” to save threads!.. So I put my little spidy to use. But instead of using scraps, I use my Scrap Vomit 2.5″ squares. Which means I am piecing two quilt top at the same time..It totally saves a ton of thread and no more mess with threads lying around the carpet floor too! Such a great method..

Well yesterday I said I want to share my modern baby quilt today, well its done, but I wanna take better photo. So I’ll do that first and do another post okay..

Till then, Have a great week ahead! It’s Labour Day on Monday here in Australia – so it’s a long weekend.. but it felt short – yikes today is already the last day of September!

Hi!

I am sharing you today how to make simple Knitting Needle Case / Roll Up.
I got the knitting book yesterday and could not wait to start up, but I had to get my needles a bit sort out first.
I got these needles from an estate sale. I am on a budget, and I am not sure whether knitting is my thing or not, so I guess this would be a great start to see how it goes.

Well, before we go to the how to sew a knitting needle case like this :
well, you may not knit, but it would be a great gift for a friend who knits!

I’d like to thank you Pat Bravo for her lovely designs Indie which makes me ever so motivated to sew this up so quickly and it is just a wonderful material to work with! I fell in love with Art Gallery Fabric ever since I bought a bundle of solid from Moona Fabrics. They were from Pure Elements collection. The solid bundle consist the best colours and the feel of the fabric is just divine. So soft and so easy to work with. Remember the bowls with border placemat I made :

The yellow solid was Empire Yellow from the collection. I love the colour so much.

Anyway, here is the tutorial.

Materials Requirements:

* You will need a scrap piece of interfacing too measuring about 3″ X 20″ but this is optional.

Cutting:

For the outer side, you will use two of the fat quarters,
the top part measures 11.5″ x 21″ cut from fat quarter 1.
the bottom part measures 6.0″ x 21″ cut from fat quarter 2.

For the inner side, you will remainder of fat quarter 2 and another fat quarter, labelled here as 3.
From the remainder of fat quarter 2, cut 11″ x 21″
As for fat quarter 3, cut a piece measuring 17″ x 21″

Fat quarter 4 is used for the binding, the top flap for the inner side and the tie ribbon.
Cut carefully as there may be little leftover from this piece.
Cut a 6″ x 20″ piece for the flap.
Cut 4 strips of 2.5″ x 20″ binding strip
And lastly, use the leftover for the tie ribbon. It should be about 18″ x 2″.

Sewing

1) Patch together the bottom part and the top part of the outer side. Press.

2) Make an outer-batting-inner sandwiches and place the half-folded piece of fat quarter 2 aligned at the bottom part like in the photo – folded edge is on top.

3) Baste all three layers together and draw the quilting line. This will also form the pockets for your needles. I made mine 2″ apart measuring from 1/2 inch away from each sides. The 1/2 inch will be the seam allowance on each sides.

4) Quilt them with simple straight line.

5) Now lets make the inner side top flap. Fold the 6″ x 20″ in half making it 3″ x 20″ now. Now fold in half again in the other direction making it 3″ x 10″. Slightly cut the raw edge sides of the flap piece at an angle. Unfold back the piece.

6) Cut an interfacing to fit half of your flap piece. Iron on the interfacing. This is optional. I like mine a bit stiff to hold shape. The main point of the flap is to avoid needles sliding out when we carry the case.

7) Fold back in half and sew the edge and turn it right side round.

8) Place it on the top of the inner side and place the snaps or Velcro on the flap and on the quilted part on the inner side.

9) Place it in place and secure the top edge with pins.

10) Now lets make the tie ribbon. Iron the piece for the ribbon as in the photo.

The 18″ x 2″ can be cut into half to make two piece of tie measuring 9″ x 2″.

11) Fold it in half and sew to close the raw edges. As the tie is small, you may have trouble feeding it in the sewing machine. I prefer to put it on a piece of scrap paper as it ease the feeding and avoid tangled mess at the corner.

12) Pin the tie in place.

13) Sew all around the edge of the layers and over the tie that was pinned to it.

14) Now lets make the binding. Sew all the strips together. Press seam open.

15) Sew the binding as you would do for your quilts! Then its done!

Happy Sewing!Any question you can ask in the comment box or email at littlemushroomcap{at}gmail{dot}com.

You are allowed to use this pattern to make for yourself, your friends and family and for small quantity sale not exceeding 200 pieces. I love to see them it if you do make any!

Thank you

XOXO

Hi!

No. You are not seeing double.

Yes, I have two walking foot.

So here I’ll give a little review on my experience with these two walking foot. What’s the difference between them?

One is Generic, another is Janome matched to my little Janome DC2050.
Can you tell which one is which?

On the left is the generic ones – people say they can be used on most low shank machines.. and it is half the price of regular branded walking foot. On the right is Janome’s for low shank machine top load bobbin.

I bought the generic one first thinking I could save more — ending up having the need to buy the original one at the end. I was a little stingy when I first started this quilting adventure a while back. But I guess its not worth it. Just like threads. But it’s a lesson to learn.

You see, the build of the foot itself is not much different, but you can see from the photo above,

1) the generic one have loose spring compared to Janome one
2) the generic one have sort of a lifted foot and not physically flat really

If you feel them, weight them and use them. You can tell more.

1) The generic one is heavier.
2) The generic one makes louder noise when quilting
3) The generic one is somewhat a bit loose and not firm which after several uses, breaks apart! (breaks my heart away too) – which is the main reason I had to buy the original one!

So there it is. Instead of paying AUD60 for the original Janome. I had to go through AUD90 for both. Yikes. So from now on, I am careful and prefer the best for my quilting hobby.

P.S : I am in no mean to harm any business out there, just a little review for sharing.

Its my birthday today, so did not do much sewing today.. but I am on my way making sashing for my vintage modern heart quilt – love to look at chain pieced blocks.. they look like banners.. off to the ironing board now!